TY - JOUR
T1 - Social workers' attitudes toward older adults
T2 - A review of the literature
AU - Wang, Donna
AU - Chonody, Jill
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Ageist attitudes toward older adults have been recognized as barriers to recruiting and training competent social workers. This article provides a systematic review of the literature that focused on social workers' and social work students' attitudes toward older adults and working with older adults. The authors sought empirical studies that used an attitudinal measure of ageism with a social work sample, and a total of 20 articles met the criteria. Characteristics of the studies' participants, methodology, instruments, and results were evaluated. This article discusses the findings and offers implications for future research.
AB - Ageist attitudes toward older adults have been recognized as barriers to recruiting and training competent social workers. This article provides a systematic review of the literature that focused on social workers' and social work students' attitudes toward older adults and working with older adults. The authors sought empirical studies that used an attitudinal measure of ageism with a social work sample, and a total of 20 articles met the criteria. Characteristics of the studies' participants, methodology, instruments, and results were evaluated. This article discusses the findings and offers implications for future research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876042526&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10437797.2013.755104
DO - 10.1080/10437797.2013.755104
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876042526
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 49
SP - 150
EP - 172
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 1
ER -